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dc.contributor.authorHatlebakk, Magnus
dc.contributor.authorIversen, Vegard
dc.contributor.authorTorsvik, Gaute
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-06T06:56:40Z
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-29T09:13:17Z
dc.date.available2010-04-06T06:56:40Z
dc.date.available2017-03-29T09:13:17Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.identifier.isbn978-82-8062-289-1
dc.identifier.issn1890-5048
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2436087
dc.description.abstractWe study how local connections to persons in influential positions affect access to lucrative international migrant jobs and attractive government employment. In rural Nepal, it would not be surprising if social status, captured by a household’s caste but also by wealth or education, strongly influenced or perhaps even exclusively determined the access to attractive labour market opportunities. This is not the case. Although much of the variation in migration can be attributed to wealth, education and social identity, household networks have a separate impact on external employment. Well-connected households are more likely to get government jobs and appear to have favorable access to the manpower agencies and the informal loans required to finance migration to the Persian Gulf or Malaysia.
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherChr. Michelsen Institute
dc.relation.ispartofseriesCMI Working paper
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWP 2010: 3
dc.subjectMigrant workers
dc.subjectNepali
dc.subjectPersian Gulf
dc.subjectMalaysia
dc.titleCaste, local networks and lucrative jobs: Evidence from rural Nepal
dc.typeWorking paper


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